Even before we start the Final Four we can crown our winner of the The 37th Annual 2023 Uncle Dino's NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool for the Benefit of the V Foundation - it is none other than a proud Michigan alum A-A-ron Sygiel! Now the rest of us mere mortals can kick back, relax and watch the remainder of what has been a history making NCAA Tournament.
I want to thank everyone for participating and exceeding our goal for this year's event. Until next year, when NC State secures its 3rd NCAA Championship in school history!! ;-)
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Thank you all for playing and participating. If you have not made your donation to the V Foundation please do by clicking this LINK. Continuing on with the Baskin-Robbins marketing opportunity, Uncle Dino wants to remind you that we are on to to the Sweet 16, and what could be better than to pair up your excitement with a cake from Baskin-Robbins... Let's take a peek a the leader board after 48 games: Some from the the end of Round 1 remain while others have broken through! A-A-ron Sygiel of the Wolverine Clan, has taken over the top spot from Badger Clan member David Bedell. Coming out of nowhere like Ralphie at a CU football game to rise to 3rd place is Trey Chapman. Now don't get ahead of yourself Trey - kind of like Ralphie and his handlers - while you have a perfect record in the West Regional so far - maxing your 1st Round bonus points and with your West Region and Final Four still intact you could get even more bonus points. Johnny Olsen tell Trey what he could win: Well Uncle Dino, Trey has already won 10 bonus points for correctly picking all 1st Round games in the West Region, but that's not all. If Trey can continue his good luck in the West Region he could win another 25 bonus points for correctly picking all games in the West Region. And wiat, that's still not all, There is even more! Since Trey has one of the few brackets that have his Final Four teams intact (and that's intact not Intacct where the definition includes the fact that it is damaged....) he could win another, that's another 25 bonus points for correctly picking all four regional champions. Back to you Uncle Dino! Wow! That would be amazing, thank you Johnny! - Admit it, you just read that in your game show announcer voice... Rising to 4th place is David Rodman #1 - at this time David would like to thank David Rodman #2, David Rodman #3, David Rodman #4, and David Rodman #5, for their sacrifices and allowing David Rodman #1 to make it into the Top 10! That reminds Uncle Dino that it's time for Uncle Dino's Top 1o List: The top 10 reasons David Rodman #1 has made it to the Top 10 of The 37th Annual 2023 Uncle Dino's NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool for the Benefit of the V Foundation: 10. Followed the detailed instructions provided but not the subtleties. 9. Leveraged his experience from winning the Nobel Prize for Literature for being the first guy who first hyphenated "Oat-bran" 8. Debated naming brackets March Badness #1, March Badness #2, March Badness #3, March Badness #4, and March Badness #5. 7. Picked teams based on which mascot would win in a fight. 6. Used Google Maps to determine his proximity to each school and only selected those outside of a 243-mile radius. 5. Selected teams whose coaches’ names are more fun to say. 4. Chose his bracket by strictly picking schools based on which one is rated higher according to U.S. News and World Report's academic rankings. 3. He chose which school would win based the number of syllables in its name. 2. Based his picks on the second-to-last letter of the town that the coaches of the teams were born in. And the #1 reason David made it to the Top 10 is... 1. Darts. Holding steady in 5th place is Z-Man #2, followed by Chad, still hated by millions in 6th, restaurateur Mr. Tom Mills in 7th (Uncle Dino recommends you check out Nickie's if you are in SF), And we have some newcomers to the Top 10. In 8th place, old Iron Byron Kanaley a 2-time Uncle Dino past winner - who Uncle Dino will go out on a limb and suggest that his chances of winning this year are slim to none and slim has left town! Brad En-Deering who is riding the good catholic wave that is the Creighton Blue Jays and last but certainly not least Mr. Dan Phillips in 10th place.
Thank you all for playing and participating. If you have not made your donation to the V Foundation please do by clicking this LINK. Thank you all for playing and participating. If you have not made your donation to the V Foundation please do by clicking this LINK. The NCAA needs to work on its marketing. When we have 16 teams remaining it's called "The Sweet 16,' with 8 teams remaining it's called "The Elite 8," with 4 teams remaining it's called "The Final Four." Now that we have 32 teams remaining it's called "The Round of 32," talk about dialing it in!! If only Baskin-Robbins had one more flavor, we could call it the round of Baskin-Robbins - imagine the marketing opportunities...get on it flavor creators at Baskin-Robbins...but Uncle Dino digresses - FYI, he does that a lot! Speaking of words with "gresses" In them - how about that Big 10 powerhouse Purdue, or that tournament favorite for choking - over and over again, Virginia. If you have not gotten It yet, add a "re" to the front on "gresses" and presto you have the word that aptly describes the basketball programs of the Boilermakers and Cavaliers!! Now, as a fan of the ACC Uncle Dinio does not choose to comment on a great basketball conference, instead he would like to point out that a conference that is called the Big 10, yet has a total of 14 teams in it, well any additional commentary is too obvious to require elaboration (a nod to Paul Harvey here). A final note on Purdue - they has lost to a 3-seed, a 15-seed and a 16-seed in the last 3 NCAA tournaments!! And for those of you who do not know much about the team that beat Purdue Uncle Dino provides FDU's Wikipedia page for your convenience: Well, let's see who are the leaders are as we head into the Baskin-Robbins +1 Round (did you see what Uncle Dino did there?): Leading the group is the Oracle from Oracle David Bedell, David is a Badger who is rooting his Buckey Badgers on to victory in the NIT this year. Well at least the Badgers have the respect for the game of college basketball - unlike that school from Chapel Hill (never let it be said that Uncle Dino will not work in a gratuitous burn on the Tar Heels any chance he gets!). Following David by only 1 point is none other than Chad Perterson, Chad is a man that is loved by millions and hated be even more - remember Chad, glass half full, glass half full!! in 3rd we have Rachel "Rock Chalk" Weber. Uncle Dino will take this moment to provide his universally cherished learning moments: Today's episode boys and girls is, "What the hell is Rock Chalk??
In 6th place is none other than the owner of the 5-Star Michelin rated Nickie's Pub and Restaurant in San Francisco. If you do click on the link and go to Nickie's website you will see that Mr Tom Mills (owner/proprietor of Nickie's) has no qualms of taking a page out of Uncle Dino's book and is running his own March Madness Pool!! If you are in San Francisco, Uncle Dino recommends you stop by and enjoy some food and a pint. Because who would know better about the quality of a restaurant that a tire company whose products are usually covered in dirt, oil and roadkill!! In 7th place is the mysterious LCK. Uncle Dino has done a little digging on this one only to find that LCK is a Political Theory Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN who spends most of her time when not teaching in Vegas at the Circa Sportsbook. Uncle Dino can only wonder what Foucault, Kierkegaard, Plato and Aristotle would think! Captain Kirk is in 8th place, yes that Captain Kirk!! Thanks Kirk for playing! In 9th we have A-A-ron Sygile who loves him some Blue and Gold (it's really maize but that does not work with the fight song), whose Wolverines are progressing nicely in the NIT just like Mr. Bedell's Badgers. Well A-A-ron, at least your school has some pride and honor unlike the school from Chapel Hill (ohhh, 2nd Uncle Dino burn on the Tar Heels)! And in 10th we have none other than Jason H. G. Wells! Jason is well schooled obtaining a BS, MS and soon to receive his PhD. Jason, take it from Uncle Dino, a BS stands for "Bull _ _ _ _," and MS stands for "More _ _ _ _," and a PhD stands for "Piled Higher and Deeper!!" But Jason, just know that you are not the only PhD in the top 10!! Thank you all for playing and participating. If you have not made your donation to the V Foundation please do by clicking this LINK. Until the next Dish, enjoy the Baskin-Robbins +1 round!! |
AuthorUncle Dino Is An NC State Alumnus Who Graduated From North Carolina State University In 1984 With A Degree In Accounting. Jim Valvano Made His 4 Years At NC State Memorable In Many Ways, Not To Mention The 1983 Wolfpack Victory Against The University Of Houston Or "Phi Slama Jamma" For The 1983 NCAA Championship. Uncle Dino Is Tom Kelly, A Cloud Computing Enthusiast (Twitter @TKcloud) Who Wants To Use The Cloud To Give To A Great Cause. Yes Office Pools Are Fun, But Doing So For The Greater Good Is More Than Fun...It's The Right Thing To Do. Archives
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